first of all jerry brown deserves all the credit. he wrote the initiative. he understood education is in our dna. part of the reason why we're the hub of innovation in america, apple, google, twitter, facebooks will lead in our research universities get cut much more. this was a seminal event for california and california said okay, in that case we'll tax ourselves. neil: fear game, governor. that sound like a fear game. sayinggkids and future is compromised as a result it is a fear tactic, right? >> there was some fear involved, no question. there was a lot of truth involved, neil. education is the reason why a lot of these great companies are here. go to washington. there is no question that president obama said the rich will pay more if i'm elected. the question is, can you get a compromise? republicans give up their opposition to tax increase, democrats are willing to cut spending they cherish realize part of the deal to avoid america borrowing --. neil: but they're not doing that latter part. that is what worries me. maybe they will. maybe something is